Festive Yule Log

We've teamed up with chef Alex Head, the founder of Social Pantry, to share her delicious Festive Yule Log recipe. The perfect addition to the Christmas dinner table or even for a festive party, this tasty recipe will have all your guests impressed!

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Serves : 8

Total cooking time : 1 hr

Difficulty : Medium

Ingredients

Yule Log

80g caster sugar

3 free range eggs

80g plain flour

3 tbsp dark cocoa powder

½ tsp baking powder

For the boozy cream filling

285ml double cream

2tbsp icing sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 tbsp Baileys

To garnish

Cranberries

Red berries

Crystallised orange slices

Icing sugar

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees.

2. Prepare a shallow baking tin with non-stick parchment paper.

3. Cream together the sugar and eggs until light and aerated.

4. Gently fold in the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Once combined, pour into theprepared baking tray and carefully smooth the top.

6. Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes.

7. Whilst in the oven, lay a sheet of parchment paper on your work surface and find a clean teatowel to go underneath. Once thecake is cooked, remove from the oven and immediately turn the cake out onto the parchment paper. Peel off the paper that was in the oven and carefully start to roll the Yule log into itself using the clean paper and tea towel to protect your hands from the heat. Leave to cool curled up.

8. Whilst cooling, whisk the cream with the icing sugar and add Baileys to taste.

9. Once the cake is cool, gently un-roll the cake and place some whipped Baileys cream on the insideof the cake. Do not smooth to the edges to avoid it pouring out when rolling.

10. Next, gently roll the cake back to a log shape, the same shape to when it was cooling.